Breathing in Kaliningrad is Injurious to Health.

Air pollution threatens the health of 976 thousand people across 15 districts in Kaliningrad. The average PM2.5 level is 9.1 µg/m³—1.8× higher than the WHO guideline.

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Overview

Air Pollution in Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad faces significant air pollution challenges. 93% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 976 thousand across 15 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 9.1µg/m³. That's 1.8 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 151 cigarettes in a year.

Trends

Air Quality Trend

Annual PM2.5 levels from 2014 to 2023. The WHO guideline for safe air is 5 µg/m³.

Health Impact

Life Expectancy Impact

If Kaliningrad met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.39 years longer.

That's 381K years of life stolen from 976 thousand people. Years of watching children grow up. Years of building a career. Years of quiet mornings and celebrations.

Lives cut short. Breathing kills.

Most Polluted

Districts with Highest Pollution

The top 10 most polluted districts in Kaliningrad. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

  • 1.Gur'evskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 2.Bagrationovskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 3.Pravdinskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 4.Gvardeyskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 5.Ozerskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 6.Chernyakhovskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 7.Gusevskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 8.Nemanskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 9.Krasnoznamenskiy rayon
    0.4 years lost
  • 10.Sovetsk
    0.4 years lost
Exposure

Population Exposure by Pollution Level

Distribution of population across different PM2.5 pollution levels. The WHO guideline is 5 µg/m³—only populations below this threshold are breathing safe air.

< 5 µg/m³
0%
0
5-10 µg/m³
100%
976K
10-15 µg/m³
0%
0
15-25 µg/m³
0%
0
25-35 µg/m³
0%
0
> 35 µg/m³
0%
0
Districts

All 15 Districts in Kaliningrad

Complete air quality data for every district in Kaliningrad, sorted by population.

DistrictPopulationPM2.5 µg/m³Years Lost
Gur'evskiy rayon512K
9.4
0.4 years
Svetlogorsk120K
8.6
0.4 years
Chernyakhovskiy rayon52K
8.8
0.4 years
Nemanskiy rayon48K
8.7
0.4 years
Bagrationovskiy rayon47K
9.1
0.4 years
Gusevskiy rayon41K
8.8
0.4 years
Pravdinskiy rayon31K
9.1
0.4 years
Slavskiy rayon24K
8.4
0.3 years
Gvardeyskiy rayon19K
8.9
0.4 years
Polesskiy rayon19K
8.5
0.3 years
Sovetsk18K
8.7
0.4 years
Ozerskiy rayon16K
8.8
0.4 years
Nesterovskiy rayon15K
8.5
0.3 years
Krasnoznamenskiy rayon15K
8.7
0.4 years
Gusev0
0.0
0.0 years

Showing 15 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.